Saturday, August 5, 2017

MCMASTER NEEDS TO ANSWER SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS


NSC LEAKS ON PRESIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS MUST STOP

MCMASTER COLLUDES WITH RICE?

A few days ago stolen transcripts of the President's private conversations with the President of Mexico and the PM of Australia were smeared over the front pages and were the topic of chatter on MSNBC and CNN.  The latest leak is not about the President but of his NSC advisor Lt. Gen. H R McMaster. The two may be related.  a

The revelations concerning the President's conversations may have seemed inconsequential at first.  Who cares about six-month old annotated texts of the President's conversations?  Furthermore, there was nothing really "juicy" in these stories.  But on further evaluation of the REASONS for the expose' one realizes the deadly seriousness of the leak  which was apparently derived from National Security Council (NSC) sources,  Why would someone release the content of these old conversations?   Exposing Presidential private conversations IS much more damaging to US interests and our national security than other often more titivating stories, innuendo and phony news so common today in the MSM.

But think of it.  If the President can not speak in confidence with contemporary world leaders he can not function.  The President and those foreign heads of state with whom he communicates should be able to express their opinions and ideas in confidence and without fear that their words will be (misinterpreted) and smeared across a Washington Post or NYT headline a few days later.

Whoever stole those documents of Mr. Trump's conversations and gave them to the news media were determined to embarrass and weaken the President. That person is guilty of betraying not only our legitimately elected leader--but our nation.  It is clear the perpetrators appear to be motivated by a desire to  undermine our existing government.  Such efforts fall into the  definition of treason.

This person or persons should be found and prosecuted.

If it is true that the source of these leaks is the NSC....then the President's National Security Advisor General H R McMaster has to be asked some tough questions.  First who among his staff are the leakers?  Other questions are why has he recently purged two loyal Trump associates from the NSC?  And then there is that astounding letter he sent to Ms Susan Rice, ex-President Obama's NSC advisor.

Why did McMaster  send a "secret letter" to the private home of former Obama NSC advisor Susan Rice?  In this memo he "waives requirements"  for her to have a formal "need to know" access to "classified information" that she "initiated, reviewed, signed, or received while serving as NSA advisor".   Was McMaster simply giving her access to her own paperwork to use in her possible defense of charges she may face in regard to the evolving Obama "unmasking" scandal?  ( Though he ends the letter by  adding:  "Going forward, the NSC will continue to work with you to insure.........you have access to classified information."   Is he willing to pass on classified material to Ms Rice..on demand?

Or was there some other sinister motive?   On his own (secret) recognizance McMaster extends access of classified information to Rice ( a suspect in the unmasking scandal in which she may have misused classified information against domestic political opponents) was unnecessary, possibly unethical and certainly in-judicious since it clearly undercut the President he has sworn to serve.  His memo also clearly undermines many who claim that Ms Rice actions deserve litigation..Her unmasking of General Flynn and others which initiated this whole Russia mess was not just normal government business.  It was the gross misuse of foreign wire tapping turned onto US citizens and her boss"s political enemies.  That is a crime.   The fact is that  Ms Rice should be the central figure in an investigation of misuse of government information gathering---rather than offering her further opportunities to misuse her access to intelligence.   McMaster's actions in this matter call into question his judgement and whether he is a loyal Trump team player...or a plant of the "deep state".

Mc Master should have a damn good answer for why he sent this letter

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